English

3rd Nine Weeks

Week 1

Module 6  Week 2 - Art for Everyone

Language/Vocabulary: Story Vocabulary, Reference Materials, Prefix super-, micro-

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Biography, Character Development, Point of View, Author’s Style  

Decoding: Suffixes -ful, -ly, -less,-ness, -ment

Spelling: Words with Suffixes -ful, -ly, -less, -ness, -ment

Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative

Grammar: Adverbs

Week 2

Module 6 Week 3 - Art for Everyone

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary,  Analogies, Suffixes -ant, -ent, Roots port, duc/duct

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Biography, Theme, Figurative Language  

Decoding: Words from Other Languages

Spelling: Words from Other Languages

Writing Workshop: Personal Narrative

Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases

Week 3

Module 7  Week 1 - Above, Below, and Beyond

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Review Context Clues, Roots: tract, chorono, gress 

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Nonfiction Informational Text, Text Features, Fact and Opinion 

Decoding: Final Stable Syllables -ain, -ture, -sure

Spelling: Words with Final /n/ or /en/, /cher/, /zher/

Writing Workshop:  Informational Text/Research Report

Grammar: Pronouns 

Week 4

Module 7 Week 2 - Above, Below, and Beyond

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Review Context Clues, Prefixes mega-, sub-, Roots ped, dent 

Reading Workshop:  Genres -- Nonfiction Informational Text and Biography, Central Idea/Main Idea,  Author’s Style, Theme   

Decoding: Unstressed Final Syllables

Spelling: Words with Final /ij/, /iv/, /is/

Writing Workshop: Informational Text/Research Report

Grammar:  Proper Mechanics and Writing Titles 

Week 5

Module 7  Week 3 - Above, Below, and Beyond

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Reference Materials, Root: terr, Prefixes pro-, anti-

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Narrative Nonfiction, Summarize Plot, Impact of Setting on Plot Development, Author's Style, Text Structure: Cause and Effect

Decoding: Unstressed Syllables

Spelling: Words with Unstressed Syllables

Writing Workshop: Informational Text/Research Report

Grammar: The Verbs Be and Have 

Week 6

Module 8  Week 1 - A New Home

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Homophones/Homographs, Prefixes uni-, mono-, bi-, tri-

Reading Workshop: Genres -- Nonfiction Informational Text and Poetry (Free Versed and Rhymed), Theme, Author’s Style  

Decoding: Homophones

Spelling: Homophones 

Writing Workshop: Poetry Writing - Lyric Poem

Grammar:  Perfect Tenses

Week 7

Module 8 Week 2 - A New Home

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Homophones/Homographs, Prefix semi-, Roots scrib/script 

Reading Workshop: Genre -- Realistic Fiction, Draw Conclusions/Make Inferences, Character Development

Decoding: Prefixes in-, un-, dis-, mis- 

Spelling: Words with Prefixes -in, un-, dis-, mis-

Writing Workshop: Poetry Writing - Lyric Poem

Grammar: Easily Confused Verbs

Week 8

Module 8 Week 3 - A New Home

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Context Clues, Roots voc, ject

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Poetry (Free Verse and Rhymed), Theme

Decoding: Final Stable Syllables -tion,-sion

Spelling: Adding the Suffixes -ion, -ian

Writing Workshop: Poetry Writing - Lyric Poem

Grammar: Making Comparisons

Week 9

Module 9 Week 1 - Unexpected, Unexplained

Language/Vocabulary:  Story Vocabulary, Multiple-Meaning Words, Roots: fac, fec, fy

Reading Workshop:  Genre -- Fiction (Mystery), Character Development, Figurative Language, Conflict and Resolution

Decoding: Prefixes com-, con-, pre-, pro-

Spelling: Words with Prefixes com-, con-, pre-, pro-

Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing - Imaginative Story

Grammar: Contractions